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This medicine is used to treat Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, diseases associated with inflammation, ulcers and sores
in the bowel causing bleeding, stomach pain, and diarrhoea.
The active ingredient in this medicine is mesalazine. It is an anti-inflammatory agent, chemically similar to aspirin,and
is thought to work by reducing inflammation in the bowel.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
There is no evidence that PENTASA® is addictive.
It is available only with a doctor's prescription.
It is not expected to affect your ability to drive a car or operate machinery.
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This medicine is used to treat Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, diseases associated with inflammation, ulcers and sores
in the bowel causing bleeding, stomach pain, and diarrhoea.
The active ingredient in this medicine is mesalazine. It is an anti-inflammatory agent, chemically similar to aspirin, and
is thought to work by reducing inflammation in the bowel.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
There is no evidence that PENTASA® is addictive.
It is available only with a doctor's prescription.
It is not expected to affect your ability to drive a car or operate machinery.
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TOPROL-XL belongs to a group of medicines called beta-blockers.
It works by affecting the body's response to some nerve impulses, especially in the heart. As a result, it decreases the
heart's need for blood and oxygen and therefore reduces the amount of work the heart has to do. It also helps the heart to
beat more regularly.
TOPROL-XL tablets are used to treat heart failure - increase survival, reduce hospitalisation and improve symptoms. It is
used in combination with other medicines to treat your condition.
Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.
Your doctor will have explained why you are being treated with TOPROL-XL and told you what dose to take.
Follow all directions given to you by your doctor carefully.
They may differ from the information contained in this leaflet.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why TOPROL-XL has been prescribed for you.
TOPROL-XL is not addictive.
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Metopirone is used as a test to find out if ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic hormone, a natural body hormone), is being produced
properly.
Changes in the production of ACTH may happen for a number of reasons, for example, due to changes in the function of the
adrenal or pituitary gland, or due to treatment with certain medicines.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why the Metopirone test has been prescribed for you.
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
This medicine is only available with a doctor's prescription. It is not addictive.
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Enbrel is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile chronic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis
and plaque psoriasis. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) is a naturally occurring chemical messenger in your bloodstream. TNF
plays a role in causing pain and swelling in the joints. Enbrel is a biotechnology-derived protein that works by binding
to TNF and preventing it from acting. This reduces the pain and swelling of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, helps to
treat the skin lesions of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and improves the condition of patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
Your doctor may have prescribed Enbrel for another reason. Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why Enbrel has
been prescribed for you.
Enbrel is not currently recommended for use in children under 4 years of age with rheumatoid arthritis as it has not been
tested in children under 4 years with this disease.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
Enbrel is not addictive.
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Tygacil is an antibiotic of the tetracycline class in the glycylcycline subcategory that works by stopping the growth of bacteria
that cause infections.
Your doctor has prescribed Tygacil because you have one of the following types of serious infections:
Infection of the skin, including those with resistant bacteria
Infection in the abdomen.
Tygacil is for use in adults aged 18 and over. There is no experience with the use of Tygacil in children under 18 years of
age. Tygacil, like other tetracyclines, may cause enamel loss and staining in developing teeth.
Tygacil will not work against viral infections such as colds or flu.
There is no evidence that Tygacil is addictive.
Tygacil is available only with a doctor's prescription.
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Pradaxa contains an active ingredient called dabigatran etexilate (as dabigatran etexilate mesilate). After oral use, dabigatran
etexilate is rapidly converted in the body to its active form dabigatran. Dabigatran inhibits a specific protein in the blood,
called thrombin. Thrombin contributes to the formation of blood clots. Dabigatran prevents the formation of blood clots.
This type of medication is called an anticoagulant. Some people refer to anticoagulant medicines as "blood thinners". Excessive
clotting sometimes occurs when physical mobility is low.
Pradaxa can prevent the formation of blood clots after major orthopaedic surgery.
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Sustanon is used to treat confirmed testosterone deficiency in males.
The active substances of Sustanon are turned into testosterone by your body.
Testosterone is the natural male hormone produced by the testicles, necessary for the growth, development and function of
the male sex organs and for secondary male sex characteristics. It is necessary for the growth of body hair, the development
of bones and muscles, and it stimulates the production of red blood cells. It also makes men's voices deepen. Preparations
containing testosterone are used to replace testosterone in a person who has low or no natural testosterone (a condition known
as hypogonadism).
Your doctor may have prescribed it for another reason.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed to you.
A doctor's prescription is required to obtain this medicine.
This medicine is not expected to affect your ability to drive a car or operate machinery.
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BONDRONAT contains the active ingredient ibandronic acid. It belongs to a group of medicines called bisphosphonates.
In patients with breast cancer, BONDRONAT is used to slow down the attachment, spread and growth of cancer cells within the
bone, known as metastatic bone disease.
BONDRONAT works by stopping the breakdown of bone.
BONDRONAT injection can also be used to lower very high levels of calcium in the blood to normal. High levels of calcium
can occur in the presence of a tumour. This is known as hypercalcaemia of malignancy.
Your doctor may have prescribed BONDRONAT for another purpose.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions why BONDRONAT has been prescribed for you.
BONDRONAT is not addictive.
This medicine is available only with a doctor's prescription.
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